Dunkin’ Donuts back in Seattle? Maybe…

Yesterday I told you that Dunkin’ Donuts wants to stomp all over Starbucks — eventually. The company wants to double its stores during the next twenty years, a move that might mean overtaking Starbucks as the nation’s leading supplier of caffeine. (Emphasis on the might. This is a twenty-year plan, after all.)

The news didn’t mean loads of sympathy for Starbucks. Mostly, it had Dunkin’ Donuts fans clamoring for a location in Seattle.

“Please bring Dunkin’ Donuts to Seattle!” one fan wrote on Twitter.

“Seattle is waiting for their Dunkin’ Donuts. WHERE ARE THEY?” wrote another.

The last Dunkin’ Donuts shop disappeared from the Seattle area in 2002, when locations in Burien and Renton were shuttered. The franchisers started their own company called Cafe Donuts.

But Wednesday’s news might change that. The company is changing its pricing model, meaning franchises in areas without many Dunkin’ Donuts shops will pay the same price for goods and services as those in areas with lots of shops.